Population at risk of contracting neglected tropical diseases in the Americas in 2014

Number of people in the Americas at risk of contracting select neglected tropical diseases as of 2014 (in millions)

The data displays the number of people at risk of contracting select neglected tropical diseases in the Americas as of 2014. As of that time, around 562 million people were at risk of contracting dengue fever.

Dengue fever 562
Cutaneous leishmaniasis 240
Malaria 120
Visceral leishmaniasis 72
Chagas disease 70
Soil-transmitted helminth infections 46
Schistosomiasis (snail fever) 25
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) 12.6
Blinding trachoma 11
Fascioliasis 0.25
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) 0.12